How do I stop repeated requests for keychain login?

Every few minutes my iMac asks for the keychain login password - I enter the password and the box goes away. A few minutes later something else (such as Safari or Calendar) asks for it. This carries on throughout the day, the same series of items in rotation asking for the login.
My keychain login is the same as the computer login (this was fixed by a helpful Genius at an Apple store when an unknown login password was blocking the whole system - but now this has happened). Has anyone got any clues? It's just very annoying.

I *think* this has solved the problem - I'm not quite sure if what I did was what you recommended but I think it was (and I seem to have set up a Keychain access code in the process of trying to find the right folder) - I haven't had a pop-up for a while.
If that's done the trick, a big thank you! (Lugging a heavy computer to an over-busy Apple store again averted)

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